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Hi there, I’m Julian Woodcock, Managing Director of Viking Mines.
We recently announced an update on our ongoing metallurgical test work program for the Canegrass Battery Minerals project.
I’m really pleased to say that we’ve successfully produced a high-quality magnetite concentrate using low-intensity magnetic separation.
This is the method that will be scaled up to be used in the processing plant to produce the concentrate for this ore.
Concentrate yielded impressive grades of 1.43% V2O5 59% iron and 11.7% TiO2.
However, one of the key aspects has been maintaining iron above a 58% grade.
This is a key strategic objective for the company to ensure that we have a marketable concentrate at the end of the process.
Another important milestone which we’ve achieved is maintaining the silica and alumina levels below 3.8%.
This is critical as the threshold of 4% is the maximum that can be used to feed into the roasting process.
Now that we’ve achieved this level, we’ll be able to move forward with the roasting part of the test work.
We’ll also continue to investigate further options to enhance further value in the project.
These will include producing a sulfide concentrate to ensure that we can receive credits for the copper, nickel and cobalt within the project.
And secondly, we’ll be looking at ways to separate the iron and the titanium to produce again and other marketable products.
As this test work continues, I look forward to updating the market with the results to be received.
In the meantime, please, as always, visit our website and our socials for more information. Thanks.